| Description |
1 online resource (350 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Section A -- Introduction to ecology -- A1 What is ecology? -- A2 Ten rules in ecology -- Section B -- Adaptation to the environment -- B1 Adaptation -- B2 Coping with environmental variation -- B3 The niche -- Section C -- Climate -- C1 Solar radiation and climate -- C2 Microclimate -- Section D -- Water -- D1 The properties of water -- D2 Plants and water -- D3 Animals and water -- Section E -- Temperature -- E1 Temperature and metabolism -- E2 Responses to temperature |
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E3 Temperature and species distribution -- Section F -- Radiation -- F1 Solar radiation and plants -- Section G -- Nutrients -- G1 Sources and cycles -- G2 Plants and consumers -- G3 Soil formation, properties and classification -- Section H -- Population ecology -- H1 Populations and population structure -- H2 Natality, mortality and population growth -- H3 Density and density dependence -- H4 Population dynamics -- fluctuations, cycles and chaos -- Section I -- Competition -- I1 The nature of competition -- I2 Intraspecific competition -- I3 Resource partitioning -- Section J -- Predation |
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J1 The nature of predation -- J2 Predator behavior and prey response -- Section K -- Parasitism -- K1 The nature of parasitism -- K2 The dynamics of parasitism -- Section L -- Mutualism -- L1 Mutualism -- Section M -- Life history patterns -- M1 Life history -- Section N -- Behavioral ecology -- N1 Social groups, cooperation and altruism -- N2 Sex in ecology -- Section O -- Population genetics -- O1 Genetic variation -- O2 Speciation -- Section P -- Ecosystem processes -- P1 Components and processes -- P2 Primary and secondary production -- P3 Food chains -- Section Q -- Communities |
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Q1 The community, structure and stability -- Q2 Island communities and colonization -- Q3 Community patterns, competition and predation -- Section R -- Community dynamics -- R1 Succession -- R2 Community responses to disturbance -- Section S -- Biomes -- S1 Ecosystem patterns -- S2 Grasslands -- S3 Tundra -- S4 Forests -- S5 Deserts, semi-deserts and shrubland -- S6 Saltwater biomes -- S7 Freshwater biomes -- Section T -- Harvesting -- T1 Harvesting theory -- T2 Fishing and whaling -- Section U -- Pest control -- U1 The pest problem and control strategies -- U2 Pesticides and problems |
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U3 Biological control and integrated pest management -- Section V -- Conservation -- V1 Rare species, habitat loss and extinction -- V2 Conservation strategies -- V3 Biological resources and gene banks -- Section W -- Pollution and global warming -- W1 Air, water and soil pollutants -- W2 Greenhouse gases and global warming -- W3 Ozone -- Section X -- The ecology of agriculture -- X1 Soil erosion and agriculture -- X2 Nutrient, water and energy use -- Further reading -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ball, Andy
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Virdee, Sonia
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| ISBN |
9780429524325 |
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0429524323 |
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